Long Walk of the Navajo

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ethnic cleansing forced march forced relocation historical event

The Long Walk of the Navajo was the forced mid-19th-century relocation of the Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in what is now New Mexico.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Long Walk of the Navajo canonical	8
Long Walk	1
Navajo Long Walk	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic cleansing ⓘ forced march ⓘ forced relocation ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ surface form: Long Walk Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ surface form: Navajo Long Walk
appliesToJurisdiction	New Mexico Territory ⓘ
cause	U.S. military campaign against the Navajo ⓘ expansionist policies of the United States ⓘ
commemoratedBy	educational programs about Navajo history ⓘ memorials on the Navajo Nation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	brutal march ⓘ forced displacement ⓘ
endDate	1866 ⓘ
hasEffect	disruption of Navajo culture ⓘ disruption of Navajo economy ⓘ disruption of Navajo social structures ⓘ
hasTheme	colonial violence ⓘ forced assimilation policies ⓘ loss of land ⓘ survival and resilience of the Navajo people ⓘ
historicalPeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ
location	Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ surface form: Bosque Redondo Fort Sumner ⓘ surface form: Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory Navajo homelands in the American Southwest ⓘ
numberOfPeopleAffected	thousands of Navajo people ⓘ
opposedBy	some U.S. officials critical of Bosque Redondo policy ⓘ
participant	Navajo people ⓘ
partOf	Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Indian removal policies history of New Mexico ⓘ history of United States–Native American relations ⓘ history of the Navajo Nation ⓘ
perpetrator	United States Army ⓘ United States government ⓘ
recognizedBy	Navajo Nation as a defining historical trauma ⓘ
result	death of many Navajo people ⓘ internment of Navajo people at Bosque Redondo ⓘ long-term trauma for the Navajo Nation ⓘ loss of Navajo traditional homelands ⓘ
routeEnd	Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ surface form: Bosque Redondo
routeStart	Navajo homelands in present-day Arizona ⓘ Navajo homelands in present-day New Mexico ⓘ
significantPlace	Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ surface form: Bosque Redondo Reservation Fort Sumner ⓘ
startDate	1863 ⓘ

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Subject: Long Walk of the Navajo
Description of subject: The Long Walk of the Navajo was the forced mid-19th-century relocation of the Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in what is now New Mexico.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Navajo people → historicalEvent → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner (Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment site) → commemorates → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Navajo Wars → hasPart → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Long Walk of the Navajo → alsoKnownAs → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navajo Long Walk

Long Walk of the Navajo → alsoKnownAs → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Long Walk

Treaty of 1868 → historicalContext → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Treaty of 1868 → precededBy → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

James Henry Carleton → notableFor → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation → partOf → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation → event → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ